Encephalartos cupidus--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 095.jpg
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Encephalartos cupidus--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 096.jpg
Endemic to Northern Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)
-33.016111, 27.808333
Location Remarks
City of Nelspruit
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
cupidus
Authorship
R.A.Dyer
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 5.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
5.2
Global rank
#45 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →